Where does “ultraterrestre” come from?

ultraterrestre (Spanish) comes from Spanish ultra-, from Latin ultrā, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

ultraterrestre (Spanish): outer-space

Definitions

  1. outer-space

Ancestry of “ultraterrestre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishultra-ultra
2Latinultrābeyond
3Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
4Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Latin ultrā →